Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: James C. Porter, Director of Public Works
Subject: Increase the Not-to-Exceed Amount for the Reconstruction and Cape Seal of Madrid Avenue, Sevilla Avenue, and Sonora Avenue Project in the El Granada Area, [County Project No. RW803, Project File No. E4987000]
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution increasing the Director of Public Works' authority to execute change orders to the agreement with Granite Rock Company, to increase the not-to-exceed amount of $753,705 by an additional $50,000, to a new not-to-exceed amount of $803,705, for payment of unanticipated project costs related to the Reconstruction and Cape Seal of Madrid Avenue, Sevilla Avenue, and Sonora Avenue Project.
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BACKGROUND:
On January 23, 2018 and March 26, 2019, your Board adopted Resolution Nos. 075689 and 076510, which "streamlined" the bid process for projects to be constructed during the 2018 and 2019 construction seasons, respectively.
On July 9, 2019, your Board adopted Resolution No. 076802, which adopted plans and specifications and authorized execution of a construction contract for the Reconstruction and Cape Seal of Madrid Avenue, Sevilla Avenue, and Sonora Avenue Project with Granite Rock Company, with a not-to-exceed amount of $753,705, based on the contractor's bid amount of $685,186 and authorized the Director of Public Works to execute contract change orders in an amount not to exceed $68,519 in aggregate.
DISCUSSION:
Unanticipated differing site conditions during construction have led to a determination that the original not-to-exceed amount will not be sufficient to complete the Reconstruction and Cape Seal of Madrid Avenue, Sevilla Avenue, and Sonora Avenue Project. During construction, several unidentified underground utility lines have been discovered under the roadway surface at a shallow depth which necessitated changing the Project's proposed road re...
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